Born on this date in 1834 was William Morris, architect, poet, artist, and socialist associated with the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood and the English Arts and Crafts Movement. 10 things he said:
Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful.
The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.
I am going your way, so let us go hand in hand. You help me and I'll help you. We shall not be here very long ... so let us help one another while we may.
There is no excuse for doing anything which is not strikingly beautiful.
No pattern should be without some sort of meaning.
The past is not dead, it is living in us, and will be alive in the future which we are now helping to make.
I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.
History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created.
No man is good enough to be another's master.
If a chap can't compose an epic poem while he's weaving tapestry, he had better shut up, he'll never do any good at all.
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